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"""Utilities for using backends."""
from ._basebackend import BaseBackend
from ._backendutils import (get_backend_class,
                            get_backend_instance,
                            get_backend_configuration,
                            local_backends,
                            remote_backends,
                            register_backend,
                            discover_local_backends,
                            discover_remote_backends,
                            update_backends)
